The Autry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,704 people carried this name — #4,081 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,321 in 2000.

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In print

Autry in American newspapers,
1915–1923.

Newspaper page from The Democrat-herald carrying the name Autry
The Democrat-herald 1923-03-23
Newspaper page from The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican carrying the name Autry
The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican 1915-10-22
Newspaper page from The Snyder Signal carrying the name Autry
The Snyder Signal 1920-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,488 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Autry in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.

494 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Autry. The most, 229, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 430
Queensland 25
Western Australia 13
South Australia 9
Victoria 9
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Autry.

Who carried it

People named Autry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gene Autry
    Gene Autry 1907–1998 · screenwriter
  • James Autry
    James Autry 1954–1984
  • James L. Autry 1830–1862 · politician
  • Pierre Autry 1902– · writer
  • Hank Autry 1947–2014 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Autry,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States360 records

360 records of the Autry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 257
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 91
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Milton R. Autry

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; writer from Coleman County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Coleman City Cemtery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Autry

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Alex Marshall from Liverpool, aged 28; miner. From Wales.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Don Phillip Autry

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1989; buried at Subligna Cemetery, Summerville, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 360 records for Autry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Autry name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Autry

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the James Baines, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Gene Autry

    Died 1998; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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